Murder trial nears conclusion

The trial of a Nigerian man accused of beating his Jamaican wife to death with a lump hammer at a Dublin apartment today reached its final stages at the Central Criminal Court.

Goodwill Udechukwu (aged 32) with a previous address at Royal Canal View, Royal Canal Bank Phibsboro has pleaded not guilty to murdering his wife Natasha Gray at a Dublin apartment on February 18, 2003.